[Jason S L]

I got a new rig yesterday and the seller said there was no maker mark on the holster. The holster is really cool and smells fantastic 😆. So who made it and when ? Ok let’s find out . Here are the first pics

 

[Jason S L]

So my eyes are not that great , so I went to the camera. There is a WaA so that was a clue . I took a good photo and believed I discovered a three letter maker mark . I blew up the photo with my phone . The gun is 1941 dated which would work with a three letter code . To the best of my skills I believed to see joa

 

[Vlim]

Does it say WaA705 ?

I believe 705 is still unidentified, so a combination with a maker code would be a good find.

 

[Jason S L]

You can also faintly see a year which looks like 194* . The WaA 706 is clearly visible

 

[luger_collector]

I think it's WaA 706 !

 

[Jason S L]

Then I grabbed my copy of Mauser Parabellum and boom ! I am Waffen detective 😆. Small victories
joa it is !!!!!

 

[Vlim]

Nice work.

A pity that it wasn't 705.

 

[martin08]

There is a 'skipped' stitch in the picture with the waffenamt. My guess is that it was more important at that time to have an accepted holster than to fail it for a stitching mistake.

 

[Jason S L]

Nice work.

A pity that it wasn't 705.

Thanks ! I am always curious when I buy a complete rig if the gun and holster were put together by a previous collector. But in this case I’m leaning towards this is actually the guns original holster. The maker mark is almost undetectable, the year (1941) illegible. I believe it would have been unlikely that someone paired this post war unless they got super lucky or were “ waffen detective “ . The wear on the gun is consistent with the holster also .
This is why I love this stuff

 

[Vlim]

I agree. The detective work is most of the fun.

 

[Edward Tinker]

I have been able to figure out the marking by adjusting color / lighter / darker / sepia etc
And sometimes you just can't tell.

Good detective work!